Simple HTML question

[ds-]

Using a the <A href=" tag

how would I write the path name so that I can open a page which is in a parent folder of the current page's location?

 

[Mandane]

Hmm... if I'm understanding this currectly... you are wanting to go up a directory or multiple directories... Well... if this is the case, then it is very simple.

To go up one directory, it would be: ../page.html. Two directories, ../../page.html. Etc, etc.

I hope this is what you wanted,
Mandane

 

[ds-]

yes, it was hard to explain.

Thx, it worked

 

[HCLPfan]

Also, for future reference. While ../ takes you back one directory, ./ takes you all the way back to the root directory. It's alot easier than doing ../../../../../etc

 

[STL]

Shouldn't ./ access the current directory? A bare / should access the root directory.

 

[lessthanjakejohn]

Also, for future reference. While ../ takes you back one directory, ./ takes you all the way back to the root directory. It's alot easier than doing ../../../../../etc

Does ./ really take you back to the root?

Thats weird, as Linux uses the . to signify the current directory.

 

[tim_m]

Also, for future reference. While ../ takes you back one directory, ./ takes you all the way back to the root directory. It's alot easier than doing ../../../../../etc

this is incorrect.

./ links to the current directory, just like if you didn't put anything before the actual target

/ links to the root of the webserver

ex

a page like www.domain.com/dir/page.html
links to ./
that goes to www.domain.com/dir
a link to /
goes to www.domain.com